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[[Image:m1917enfield.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M1917 Enfield .30-06]] | [[Image:m1917enfield.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M1917 Enfield .30-06]] | ||
The Pattern 1914 was chambered originally in a high velocity .276 caliber and then changed to .303 British when the experimental caliber proved to be troublesome. Remington manufactured the rifle for the British in WW1. After the U.S. joined the Allies it was easy to convert the rifle to 30-06. Which was important since the Federal Springfield Armory could not produce enough of the 1903 Springfield rifle to meet war demands.United States troops carried both the 1917 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield in World War I. | |||
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Revision as of 21:55, 19 May 2009
The M1917 Enfield rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
The Pattern 1914 was chambered originally in a high velocity .276 caliber and then changed to .303 British when the experimental caliber proved to be troublesome. Remington manufactured the rifle for the British in WW1. After the U.S. joined the Allies it was easy to convert the rifle to 30-06. Which was important since the Federal Springfield Armory could not produce enough of the 1903 Springfield rifle to meet war demands.United States troops carried both the 1917 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield in World War I.
Film
- Used by US Army soldiers in King Kong (2005)
- Carried by a Laotian in The 317th Platoon (1965)
Television
- US Army soldiers in The Lost Battalion